Meat cutter



y 1931. .1. N. MONTERIO 1,805,411

MEAT CUTTER J. N. MQNTERIO 1.805,4l1.

MEAT CUTTER, Y

Filed March 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

A TTORNE Y A the blades 9 are guided in their movement onv thetransverse rods 13, the set screws 12a are moved into an hollow ha china'3' vinoimted. T

irstedge slice of meat h; ckness deft 'ined by the gage arm 21 pi lymounted as at 22 upon one side wallb of he backin and is intended to bethrown ardlv at ri ht angles tojthe adjacent side wall for me: 'thefirst or initial thickness of he ct meat to be cut.

.From the above dci'a d description, itis believed that the couslr ionand operation of the deifice will. at once be apparent, and r-Jhi t i013is herein shown and described the preferred embodii'nents of the presentinvention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bemade therein without 'leinu'ting from the spirit and scope of the in-'\ention as claimed.

I claim 1. In. a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades fixed tothcbacking, intermediate blades adjustable transversely of the backing,and

I independent means for adjusting each blade,

each intermediate blade adjusting means ineluding ra u; and pinionmechanism op rable from one end of the backing. V

'7 2; In. a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades ti ed to the backing,intermediate blades adble transversely of the backing. indeent means foradjusting each intermediof the back ng to determine the thickness of thefirst. slice. each blade adjusting means il'lcluding rack and pinionmechanism operable from one end of the backing. v

3; In a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades jus Y transversely of thebacking, indent means for adj ing each intermcdi- I ,7 ,7 backingbeinghollow with a ansverse opening in the'top wall, a rack bar on eachblade extending into the opening,

' and a manuallyoperable pinion engaged with the rack bar.

lixeg'l to the backing, intermediate blades adjustable transversely ofthe backing, independent means for adjusting each intermedi ate blade, agage arm pivoted toone edge of the backing to determine the thickness ofthe Iii slice, said backing being hollow with a To shift theintermediate bladesshaft for each blade nally oi the backing,and apinion on each associated opening 16 in the and, the blades 9 are againate blade, and a gage arm pivoted to one edge lixed to the backing,intermediate blades ad l l 7 adjacent blade rack bar, means for In ameat slicer, a backing, edge blades transverse opening in the top wall,a rack bar on each blade extending into the opening, and a manuallyoperable pinion engaged with the rack bar.

5. In a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades fixed to the backing,intermediate blades adjustable transversely of the backing, independentmeans for adj usting each intermediate blade, said backing being hollowwith a transverse opening n the top wall, a rack bar on each bladeextending into the opening, a

journalled longitudishaft engaged with the adjacent blade rack bar.

, 6. In a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades fixed to the backing,intermediate blades, means for adjusting each intermediate blade, a gagearm pivoted to one edge of the backing to determine the thickness of thefirst slice,

said backing being hollow with a transverse opening in the top wall, arack bar on each blade extending into the opening, a shaft for eachblade join-nailed longitudinally of the backing, and a pinion on eachshaft engaged with the adjacent blade rack bar.

7'. In a meat slicer, a backing, edge blades fixed to the backing,intermediate blades adjustable transversely of the backing, independentmeans for adjustingeach intermediateblade, said backing beinghollowwitli a transverse opening in the top wall, a rack bar on eachblade extending into the opening, a shaft for each blade journalledlongitudinally of the backing,a pinion on each shaft engaged with theadjacent blade rack bar, means for anchoring the end of the blades tothe backing, and gage lineations on the backing at each end of theblades for determining the distance between the adjustable'blades.

'8. Ina meat slicer, a backing, edge blades fixed to the backingintermediate laterally adjustable blades, intermediate means foradjusting each intermediate blade, a gage arm pivoted to one edge of thebacking to determine the thickness of the first slice, said backingbeing hollowwith a transverse opening in the top wall, a rack bar oneach blade extending into the opening, a shaft for each blade journalledlongitudinally of the backing, a pinion on eachshat't engaged with the

